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Forest officials recover ten rare dead birds
Forest officials recover ten rare dead birds
Thursday, June 7, 2007 | AY
Baikunthapur (West Bengal), June 7 (ANI): Officials in West Bengal’s Baikunthapur Forest Reserve have recovered ten rare dead birds from a poacher. The poacher was nabbed Tuesday night during a patrol in the forest. Two other suspects, however, escaped. "The birds included four Indian rollers, three Asian spotted owlets and other three Indian Pond Heron birds. All are Schedule Four animals," claimed Ashis Samanta, a forest official.India is home to about 1,225 bird species, including 257 water birds.It also supports 81 species of migrant waterfowls that arrive from Central Asia and Europe in the winter.The hunting or caging of endangered wildlife is banned in India, but lax wildlife enforcement laws ensure that poaching and wildlife smuggling is rampant and a lucrative business. (ANI)
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